The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-26 00:00:00

BONNET'S SILK , 3 a LYON.—Every Article of commerce takes it sti tle either from the inventor or manufacturer, and the o lot e perfect the production the grater is the credit which at taches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are laid to be incapable of identifica tion in 14:nqlaud ; but the f allacy of such an assertion is ex pos 7d by the very trade ma, *k of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following interwove n mark may be seen at the end of each piece 7—" Manutactu re de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., b. Lyon Injurieux." Wear gu: uranteed. HER MAJE F AU T YST ' .S THEATRE. (In. English.) Nights of Terformar.ee—Tu esdays, Thursdays, and Saturm tys. THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26. Lemmens-Sherrington, Tacos ni, and Florence Lancia. Sant ley, 3larehesi, Duss( k, and Sims Reeves. Conductor—St; nor Ardia. Commence at Ei ;ht o'Clock. ROYAL ENG'ISLI. OPERA, COVENT -G ARDEN. Under the :Manazement F f Miss Louisa ryne and Mr. NV. T arrs THIS EVENING, to commence with (20th time) an en tirely new Operel ta, entitled FANCIIET .1%. Miss Louisa ryne and Mr. W. Harrison. After which, a. Grand Christmas Pantomime, on a scale of sniprecedented r sagnificence, c•ntitled JJARLEQUI SI ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors open. at half-past Six— _:ommence at Seven. THEATRI?, ROYAL DR U R Y-L AN E. Mana.;ers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and E. B. Chatterton. THIS E V - E'ING, the Performances will commence, entit wi led th the New Se rio - Com ic Drama, by Edmund Falconer INIGFIT A. D MORN. Principal characters bys, Mr. P M helpss , sup ported biy Messrs. Ryder, Raynor, Fit zjame and isse R. Leelereq Atkinson, and Heath. To conch , ile with the new Grand Christmas Comic P anto mime of of SI :NBAD THE SAILOR - or, Seven W of th • Clowns, Messrs. 11. Bolen° and C. Lauri ; harlequins,. Messrs. J. Cormack and s S. Co lumb i n es antal o Madam ons, Messrs. W A. Barnts a nd J. 2.1 orri ; e Boleno and ;Kisses Gunniss. Prices as u suaL Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. ROYAI, LYCEUM THEATRE. Unil2r the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DE VtONl ur O ( ariumphant Success) will be repeated E ver y Everting ding the Week. THIS E' T ENING, the performance will commence with - a New and original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD : Messrs. IL 'Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, Mvreland ; Misses Percy, Pauline Lezierci., Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss Lavenu. A 'Ur wl rich, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIC', a Love story, in ' rwelve Tableaus, taken from Stendhars "Italian Chronicle„" by Mr. John Brougnam. Principal cliarac; ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Broug-hvm,, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Si; ns ; Miss M. Ilenrade,Xiss E. Lavenu, Mre. Lee, and Mies I Bsworthy. The Pub lie are entreated to take notice that No Charge is made to th e occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and that the at tendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive an: r gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. LIEA:TRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- ole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. TILES EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Cull( ntord, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Terry, Lindley, EE li, &c. After which, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights of the Roraid Table. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Braid, Clark, Ro!;ers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, T erry, Lindley, Rogers, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS I IVENING, DONNA DIANA. After which, HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Livet 1 in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't snow wha/ to do. E THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL -8( de Proorlator and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS: Mr J L. Toole, to. Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate man, supp orted by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil ington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Bills rigten. To o3nel.nde with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortnnio and his St en Magi?. Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, 'Missip Stephense n; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Patti JoseAs, kliss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LEA H.—EV ass ER TESIAN. Y NIGHT. 3. BA - IVTISS: BATEMAN.-LEAH.-THIS EVENING, the, 99th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BA P E Mfi,N. in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the pritcipai character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attenned, Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. n oy. AL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. GREAT ATTRACTIoN.—First Week of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES MATHEWS.—Mr. J. L. Toole as Mrs. Brown, Mr. ?heirs. Mr. Fechter, and Lady Audley every evening. 18 , V3 ; or. the Sensation , of the Past Season, until further notice. Among, the artistes who will appear here are Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr..T. L. Tale, Mr. Paul Bedford, and themeha Mathews ; Mrs. Stirhng. Mrs. Frank Mat , Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, Miss Fanny Josephs, and Mrs. Charles MaCiiews. THIS KVENING, and dtrinfi the Week, at 7, THE ADVENTTJtES OF A LOVE LETTER; COOL AS A CITCUMBE R ; and 1863 ; or, THE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON. On SATURDAY next, Jan. 30, will be produced an entirely New Comedy, t , y L-Icest , r BuckinCharn, Esq., entitled T ti E SILVER LINI I SG, in which Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Stirling, and Ars. Frank MAthews, Am, will appear. ROYAL STRAND THEA TRE. Manacrer, Mr. W. H. Swanboroug - h. THIS EVENING, ORANGE BLOSSOMS.. After wnich, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYuICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &c. Followed by MARGATE SANDS. To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. Commence at 7. 'HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," j_ Cofttaining the 'Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, yan be had Every Evening . of G. R. GLMNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DA.7.—Morning, 46m.—Afternoon, 3h. 58m. ro-litoitnow.-:Morning, 4h. 14m.—Afutmoon, 4h. 30m. The Weather—Sun Office, Jan. 26, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 5O Barometer-30.22. Wind—S. ; moderate, and fine. et-'4l i Ivy R .44,4*, , LONDON, TUESDAY, JAN. 26, 1864. The Legislative Assembly of France appears to have commenced its proceedings this year with more than ordinary spirit. The eloquent discourse of M. TRIERS arrested, for a time, the most profound and universal attention. Now the Baron DE VEANCE bas introduced in a very able and elaborate speech the important subject of testamentary rights and the law of succession —a, question of the greatest possible importance both in a social and commercial point of view. There is much truth in the position assumed by M. DE VEANCE ; the perpetual subdivision of pro perty is necessarily attended with many evils; but, as there are two sides to most questions, so also, on the other hand, the lovers of primogeniture and the consolidation of great fortunes are productive of very painful results to those at the lower end of the SJCIaI scale. In England we see in forcible contrast the good and the eyil consequences of the latter system. Families and Heads of Houses flourish and grow strong, while individuals, countless un i ts in the great chaos, sink from affluence to poverty, and from poverty to beggary. Yet, so great are the social and practical advantages of our system that he would be a bold innovator indeed mho would reek to ,alter or even to modify it. The fatal consequences which M. DE VEANCE most particularly dep'.ores do not, however, exist in this country; for perfect freedom with respect to the disposal of personal property is per mitted by the testamentary- law of England. Commercial property may be bequeathed to an eldest son or divided among the eeveral members of a family, in accordance with the desires expressed in the will and testament of the dying father. It is different, however, in France. 'There the law compels the subdivision of all the property on the death of its possessor. A roan with one chiid may bequeath half of his pro perty at his own discretion; if he have two children, he may dispose freely of two•thirds, and it tae number of his family be larger his freedom in the distribution is yet further restricted. Here it is that M. DE VEANCE desires to effect some alte- ration. His arguments have much reason on their side, yet the French will be wise to weigh well the consequences before they begin an innovation in their law. It was a theory laid down by the great NAPOLEON in his early days of speculative govern ment that the best source of social prosperity was the avoidance of extreme poverty. He admitted the necessity of social distinc tions, but denied the necessary existence of the extreme of destitution. This theory of the youthful reformer was practically carried out in his great Code, and even an apparently plausible in fringement of which should be viewed with extreme caution. The news from Berlin, though unexpected, can hardly create much surprise. It is, unfortunately, only too much in consonance with the arbitrary temper and despotic opinions of the KING, whose faults as a ruler are doubled by the shortsighted and obstinate men who compose his Cabinet. The Prussian Chamber of Deputies, yesterday, ordered the committee on the Budget to report immediately upon the vote on the Budget, given on Saturday by the Upper House. The report proposing that the vote of the Upper House should be declared null and void, was accordingly made, and at once adopted by the House. Upon this Count EIITEN- BURG read a Royal Message, stating that the Diet would be closed that very day by the President of the Council. This arbitrary step was accorlingly takea, and the President read a speech from the Throne reproving the Deputies in no measured terms. The " head and front of its offending" is that it has " maintained the ground which led to the dissolution of the previous Chamber." This is possibly intended as a warning for the future, as well as an eszuse for the present ; a hint that dis- solution will be the neat step should the Deputies continue refractory. The Budgets are o course the primary cause of complaint The House has not discussed the Badge of 1863, and has struck out items in the current year which are indispensable for the public ser vice, according to the views of Herr VON Bis- MARK and his Royal Master. It has renewed the resolution of the former Chamber on the military budget, without first discussing the bill establishing the obligation of military service. The refusal of the loan is another subject of offence, and the house is charged with having passed resolutions, which, in the event of war, pledge it to take part against the Prussian fatherland. The Government, there fore, renounces for the present the hope of coming to terms with the Chamber, and " considers it its duty to act for the maintenance of the State." What these conveniently ambiguous words may signify remains to be seen. The announcement o' the intentions of the Cabinet are couched after the manner of Herr VON BISMARK, in pompous general terms, but we know the general character of what the Prussian Premier styles "the struggle between the House of Hohenzollern and the House of Representatives." Last year this same conflict absorbed a large uhare of European attention. It was then a matter pur et simple, a resolute stand in favour of constitutional right on the part of the Chamber—an obstinate and tyrannical effort on the part of the KING and his Government to trample down the liberties of his people. This year the question is complicated by the Schleswig-Holstein dispute. Last year our sympathies, in common with all free nations, were wholly with the Deputies. This year the com batants have a fresh subject of dispute. They agree in their desire to dispossess the Danes of the sovereignty of the Duchies, but they differ in the manner of doing it. The Chamber wishes to estab lish them as an independent State, under the sway of the Duke of AUGUSTENBURG. The KING and his advisers wish to join Holstein at least to the Prussian province& In neithar of these projects can the English people take part. The Prussian deputies and the Prussian people have forfeited the warm interest felt in this country in their proceed ings by their conduct in this matter. It ill became the representatives who were resisting oppression— it was little fitting for the people who supported them in the struggle to invade the rights of their neighbours. Apart from the moral wrong, this enthusiasm for Danish conquests is a grave political error on the part of the Prussians. By their headstrong prosecution of the aggression on the rights of Denmark they are weakening their own position towards the Crown, towards France, towards Europe generally. The infatuation which urges them on reminds one of the old saying, Quern Deus vult perdere, prius dementat. The Prussians are themselves applying the torch to a bonfire that they themselves may have the bitterest cause to regret. Neither of the two great German Powers are in a position to court war. Prussia, with her Rhenish provinces lying temptingly within the reach of France, may look in vain for English support against the trouble she is bringing on herself. This country will not suffer itself to be entangled in her affairs, if she chooses to disregard warning and remonstrance, and to break her former obligations. The English Ministry that attempted such a course would surely rue it. Even the young Crown Prince has already lost much of his popu larity in this country from the countenance he has afforded to the pretensions of the Duke of MMUS TENBURG. The English public may not be able to follow all the intricacies of Almanach de Gotha, but they clan very clearly comprehend that the Prussian King, Ministers, and people are actuated by the greed of power in their eagerness on behalf of the political rights of the Holsteiners. It remains to be seen whether a nation divided against itself can succeed in accomplishing its wishes; but should the Prussians persist, as appears but too probable, in their present course, they can certainly hope for little sympathy or assistance in the misfortunes the 3 will inevitably bring down upon "anemselves and their country. There are , fevv things more reprehensible than practical jr;sing, and it will be a good thing for society, when some more Effective check is put upon it ; It is not at all expedient that the present f ys tern should continue, as many sad instances con stantly prove that a mere censure does not deter the idle, ignorant, and careless from the perpetration of 1 jokes that often produce most serious results, and I not unfrequently leave fatal terminations. A de kplorable death through fright was recorded yester day, and an inquest was herd upon the body of the victim. A young woman, who was engaged es a dress -maker in the house of a gentleman in Hyde park-gardens, was coming upstairs when she saw a figure in white in a doorway, and the sudden shock so completely overpowered her that she was carried away insensible. Shenever entirely recovered, and after lingering for four months expired. A more lamentable case of the sad effects of this detestable habit of practical joking has seldom been heard of, since the death of this poor young woman was evi dently occasioned by the startling effects of the fearful apparition. It may be suggested that the verdicts of in h the jury in these cases are not s t rong enough, and particular instance just cited it is very strange they should nave separated without at least passing a severe censure upon the unhappy indis vidual who caused the calamity. It is not enough to declare that the death was occasioned by a mis fortune. It is not to be expected tr at the passing THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1864 of such mild sentences as this will put a stop to the dangerous practice of " joking," which has produced such serious evils in so many instances, and so often laid the foundation of incurable maladies, if the atal results of this case here recorded did not im- mediately ensue. In this instance, doubtless, the perpetrator of the joke did not intend to do any harm, and may have been, as the Coroner remarked, " Eincerely sorry for her folly," but the law should not so readily exonerate those charged with such offences, or allow them loop holes through which they can so easily pass, and escape the punishment they so justly merit. In other cases of accidents and injuries the same laxity is not witnessed, and where danger is apprehended the responsible party is detained until the result is known, and the circumstances duly investigated. It is certain that, morally, a person is more guilty who injures another by dressing up as a ghost, or by producing spectral illusions to frighten and startle, than one who accidentally knocks down or runs over another i❑ the streets. In most cases of this sort the foot passengers are greatly to blame for haste, or imprudence, and the catas trophe that occurs is sometimes almost unavoid able in the hurry of business and pressure of affairs. Now planning a practical joke is a delibe rate intention, and cannot possibly be accounted for as inadvertence, or excused aR unintentional, and no possible reason can be adduced to allege a necessity or a strong inducement to commit the action. The sooner the matter is regarded in the right light, and taken up in the proper spirit, the better.' It is only surprising that more strictness and severity have not been exercised in this respect, when we consider that the interests of so many are bound up in the matter, Children are constantly exposed to danger through the carelessness of Bur -1 serymaids in many respects, but in none do they incur more risks than in the practice of " dress ing up ghosts" and other frightful images to terrify them into silence. Now, all this ignorance of effects, and non-intention to injure, that is so readily put forward as a plea for the commission of the offence, will best be cured by the in fliction of a punishment. If it is urged that the mode of procedure is hard on the innocent actors who meant no harm, it is surely much worse that others should lose their health, their reason, and their lives.. The sooner such lamentable ignorance is enlightened the better, and a little rough expe rience will be the best antidote against a very absurd frame of mind, • and great want of thought, which must inseparably accompany all ouch reprehensible practices. The effect on others is to be considered, too, in dealing with such cases, and treating the offenders. There are many who will wilfully dis regard or totally ignore the warnings that such practices are dangerous, who will pay attention di rectly they understand that they may be subjected to annoyance or inconvenience in the carrying out of their foolish games. When such stringent laws and oppressive enactments are made for the preser vation of game, in order that sportsmen may in dulge themselves in any exciting pursuit, it seems rather inconsistent that no check should be applied to this social calamity, and no steps taken by the authorities to interpose a barrier for the protection of the community. It is high time that this anomaly be rectified and thie grievance redressed. Let the Legislature make the practice a chargeable offence, and it will soon be seen that, as in the case of FREDERICK'S soldiers contriving to keep their hats on their heads in the wind when he had punished one for the " accident," as it was called, of the wind blowing off his hat in the midst of a review, and thereby causing great confusion, that the ignorance which now prevails as to the extent of the evils and injuries of practical joking will vanish as if by magic, and the results of the increased intelligence cannot but be profitable to the parties concerned, and most fortunate and happy for their intended victims. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The Ministers present were Lord Pal merston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Gray, Earl Russell, Earl de Grey, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right Hon. 0. P. Vidiers. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.—The following note has been addressed by Mr. Disraeli to the members who usually act with him in the House of Commons : " Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that Parliament will reassemble on Thursday, the 4th February, and I would express my hope that you may find it convenient to be in your place that day, as business of importance may be expected.—l am sir, your faithful servant DISRAELI. Hughenden Manor, Jan. 12." THACKERAT'S LAST WORK.—Charles Dickens, writing about Mr. Thackeray in the February num- ber of the Cornhill Magazine, says On the table before me there lies all that he had Written of his latest and last story. That it would be very sad to any one—that it is expressly so to a writer—in its evidences of matured designs never to be accomplished, of intentions begun to i'e exe cuted and destined never to be completed, of careful prepa ration for long roads of thought that he was never to tra verse, and for shining goals that he was never to reach, will be readily believed. The pain, however, that I have felt in perusing it has not been deeper than the conviction that he was in the healthiest vigour of his poWers When he wrought on this last labour. In respect of earnest feeling, far-seeing purpose, character, incident, and a certain loving picturesqueness blending the whole, I believe it to he much the best of all his works. That he fully it tb by so, that he had become strongly attoliM td D Alla that he be ' stowed great pains upon it, t thee in almost every page. It contains one pictutt Which must have cost him extreme distress, and which is a masterpiece. There are tWo chil dren in it, touched with a hand as loving alid tender as ever a father caressed his little child With. t here is sotto yonng love, as pure and innotont and pretty as the ti nth. And it is very remarkable that by reason a the singular construc tion of the story, more thart*ib main incident usually be longing to the end 4 bilch a fiction is anticipated itt the beginning, and thlts there is an approach to 0 0 17) 2;leteness in the fragment, as to the satisfaCtion_ the reaeleet mind concerning the most interestir . k person's, Which CoUld hardly have been better attained if the wr i ifeilb l r•!&nig-off had been foreseen. The last line he *r the last proot he cor rectednre among the& rapers through which I nave so ter rowfully made way. The condition of tht little pages of mannoteript where death stopped his hand shows that he had carried teem about, and often taken them out of his pocket :aere and there, for patient revision and interlinea tion. The last words he corretted in print were, ' And my heart throbbed with an exquisite bliss.' God grant that on that Christmas-e're when he laid his head back on his pillow and threw up his arms, as he had been wont to do when very weary, some consciousness of duty done and Christian hope throughout life humbly cherished, may have caused his own heart so to throb, when he passed away to his Redeemer's met, YOUNG POEM are reminded by a sagacious critic in the .Satareicty Review that they rarely take the trouble to imitate any living poet under tho faiik Uf Tennyson; whereas, adds the teVitVer, the thinr poets have distinct styles, and Et betattse they have this that they attract and please. Whatever else may be said of Mr. Browning, or Mr. Matthew Arnold, or Mr. Henry Taylor, or even of less aspiring composer of Lord Houghton, for instance, or Mr. CoVentry Patmore—this much atleast may be said, that a poem written by them obviously comes from than, and has a cast that is recognisable and peculiar. But iu the productions of uLsuccessittl young poets this is the very thing that is wanting. Page atter page is turned over, and the versification may be good and clever in its way, but it is either imitative or colourless, The world has got the thing before, and does not want any more of it, and so the volume, when published, falls hopelessly fiat, A WONDERFUL METEORITE.--The Gottinger Nachrichten gives an account of a meteorite which has been found at Obenkirchen (Schaumburg) imbedded in a mass of sand 15 feet below the surface. Its weight is about 82 pounds, and it has the form of an irregular four sided pyramid. The mass is still intact, with the exception of a small piece, which has been removed for analysis. The surface is entirely converted into brown and black hydrated oxide of iron, plainly showing it must have fallen some cen turies ago. The iron is quite passive, and does not reduce copper from a solution of one of its salts, The specific gravity is very small, being only 7.12. A small portion, weighing 2.9 grs., was removed for analysis, and was found to have the following composition :—iron, ,90'95 ; nickel , and cobalt, 8.01; phosporwl, 0.64, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. PROROGATION OF THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS. BERLIN, Jan. 25. The Chamber of Deputies to-day ordered the Committee on the Budget to immediately report upo❑ the vote on the Budget given on Saturday last by the Upper House. The Committee accoi dingly made their report, which proposed that the vote of the Upper House should be declared null and void. This proposition was adopted by the house. Count Eulenburg then read a Royal message, stating that the Diet would be closed to day at three p.m. by the President of the Council. The Diet was closed to-day by the President of the Council, who read the Speech from the Throne. The following are the most important passages : " The Chamber of Deputies has maintained the groand which led to the dissolution of the previous Chamber. The House has rejected the Bill refer ring to Article 99 of the Constitution, and has not discussed the Budget of 1863. In the Budget of the current year it has struck out items which are indis pensable for the public service. The House has also renewed the resolution of the previous Chamber upon the Military Budget without having discussed the preliminary Bill establishing the obligation to military service. For that reason the Upper House, in the exercise of its Constitutional rights, has rejected the Budget of 1864 as amended by the Chamber of Deputies. " The Government has carried out the vote of the Chamber with regard to the Polish members ar rested for high treason, but does not consider it conformable to the respect due to public justice and to the dignity of the House. " The House has also refused the required loan proposed by the Government to afford the means of carrying out Federal Execution in Holstein, as well as for the maintenance of Prussia's position as a great Power anal her honour in the further develop ment of the conflict, and likewise for covering the portion of the expenses of the Execution falling to Prussia as member of the German Confederation. The House rejected this vote, although the King had pledged his word, in his reply of the 27th of December, that the money should only be em ployed for the protection of the right and honour of the country. " The House has passed resolutions by which the majority, in the event of warlike complications, takes part beforehand against the Prussian Fatherland. " Renouncing, therefore, for the present the hope of bringing about an understanding with the Cham ber, the Government considers it its duty to act for the maintenance of the State, and relies herein upon the growing support of the country." SPAIN. MADRID, SAN. 26. The Correspondencia states that the Finance Minister has drawn up a project to improve the revenue of the State and limit the expenses of the THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON. The country has ceased to look for the capture of Charleston, either by General Gilmore's army or by the ironclad navy. The many months that have passed since the last serious attempt by the Monitors have brought with them many promises, and left behind them an equal number of disap pointments ; and those who anticipated that Gene ral Gilmore's reduction of Fort Wagner would in- stantly be fbiiowed by the seizure of Sumter's site, of Fort Moultrie, James Island, and all the works in the harbour, have waited in vain for the realisa tion of their hopes. The navy has maintained a blockade of Charleston harbour that even the rebels must admit is effective, if not perfect ; at .d our news has all along kept us informed that General Gil- adore was from time to time training his guns upon the city, as well as " feeling- the state of mat tern along the important railroad linestretching between Charleston and S4vannah. The recalling of these latter facts will remind those who fancy that our army and navy down there have been absolutely useless that they, at least, are mistaken ; for we do not doubt that the simple fact that General Gilmore has ceaselessly threatened the railroad line just mentioned has held in the vicinity and kept out of service elsewhere a very large rebel force. When another attack upon the defences of Charleston was in contemplation, prior to the assignment of Admiral Dahlgren, and Gen. Gilmore to their present commands, the ques tion, we presume, was not, What is the best way to operate ? but, Can we operate at all, so as to make the handful of troops in that department available for offensive operations? Can the meagre land force there be advantageously used, or must it remain idle ? Circumstances rendered it impossible to in- crease it. Not a regiment could be spared from any of our armies, and any work in the Department of the South must be done by the farce already there. Two attempts against thedetences of Charleston had been made without gaining a foot of ground. One was a land attack under Benham, and the other a ❑aval attack under Dupont. Ironclads were deemed a most formidable means of offence, and it was evi dent that any plan which promised success must involve a close co-operation of land and naval forces in some project that would allow the iron-clad e!e meat to enter largely. The few thousand troops in the department were not expected to capture Charleston, but only to execute their part of a plan of joint operations. To have thrust them upon the main land unsupported against an enemy that had had two years to erect his defences and having at his back unlimited means of concentrating troops by railroad, would have been crimi nal folly. A plan of joint operations was agreed upon, each branch of service to do cer tain specified work. The plunging fire of Sumter was what the Monitors most feared on account of weak decks. That eliminated, naval men declared that the Monitors could pass up to the city. An article in the Army and Navy Journal, evidently written by some one who knows what he is talking about, tells us that the plan of attack proposed by General Gilmore was,-1. To effect a lodgment on the south side of Morris Island, which it was known the enemy were then strongly fortifying; 2. To be siege and reduce Fort Wagner, by which all the works on Cumming's Point would necetsarily ,fall ; 3. From the position thus gained to demolish Fort Sumter; 4. The vessels of war to remove the ob structions at the entrance of the harbour, and reach the city by running by the works on Sullivan's Island. The first three items of the above pro gramme were fully accomplished long ago, and the fame of the performance resounded throughout the world. The echoes of General Gilmore's big guns and the arguments of the " Swamp Angel" were not our least persuasive diplomatists. For the ensuing weary months of delay there may be good reaaen, but, whether there is or not, General Gil more is by no one held responsible for this delay. His work was done, and well done. When it was suspected that the enemy was putting guns on the channel faces of Satnter, fire was re-opened upon it. A slow fire from mortars, 'to pre vent working inside, was long kept up. What ad • vantage the delay has given the enemy cannot be well estimated. It has probably entirely changed the condition of the problem. The shores of the inner harbour and the wharves of the city bristle with guns that did not exist at the time Gilmore took Wagner, and military men assert that what was feasible for the monitors to do then is very diffi cult if not impossible now ; that if they once reached the inner harbour they could not hope to remain there. The permanent occupation of Sumter by our troops, while the enemy hold James and Sullivan's Islands, seem to be impracticable, neither is it at all necessary. Sumter is harmless, and cannot injure the monitors. But the enemy, from his batteries, saes all the five faces of Sumter ; we, from our bat teries, see but two of its faces. The enemy has a concentric fire on Sumter—his batteries encircle it ; ours fire upon it from one direction. It would ap pear, therefore ; that if it were possible to get pos session of it, it would not only be possible but easy for the enemy to get it back again. The prospect of capturing Charleston by the monitors, or by an attack after any fashion, or by any agency, from the front, does not certainly seem to be very bril liant, but still we do not believe that the rebels will hold the city all of this year by any means.—New York Times, MRS. LIRRIPER READ AND BEETHOVEN ILLUS TRATED.—Mr. Howard Glover announces another of his morning concerts—at which the entertainment will be varied by Mrs. Stirling's reading of a part of "Mrs. Lirri per." There will also be given Beethoven's Pastoral Sym phony, with scenic illustrations. NINE YEARS OF RUSSIAN FINANCE.—In 1853 the funded debt stood at little above £30,000,000, and the floating debt at perhaps 10 or 12 millions more. The paper circulation was about £50,000,003, supported by a metallic reserve of mote than a third of that amount. Since that time the funded debt has risen to £11,000,000, the floathig debt is doubled, the circulation of bank notes has Doti faiged to tuore tbanLloo,ooo,ooof, and specie pay ments have Weil THE ALABAMA,—By the ettiiarl of the Cape mail we leafil that two vessels had arrived - in Table Part' at did dad of I/amber with news of the Alabama. Captain Crltoi t the Beattifttl Stith r that in pass ing the Straits of 6didild; oh' the 25th October last, he was informed that the Alabama had patiltd• .:..ngier a day or two defof2s Ftho had 25 men sick, and did not tepert any cap tures. Captain FJeliewiek, of the Latona, fret& Singapore, reported that he had hfieti of tha Alabama being in. the China Seas, and on the night Of the tlth November, off the lava Heads, saw a fine vessel of abittit 500 tons, with all 0611 Oat; On the; and a bark -rigged steamer DOW her, which he suppfttid Jo tie the Alabama. A private letter which has been shown tit! des6rib'eS the later occurrence as follOWs On the night of the dth ;rho* 150 miles W.S. W. of isltl Heads, I was called about It (Meek by the third officer to look at a ship on fire. I jumped out arid hurried on deck. It Was rather a dirty, rainy sort of a night, arid we lief° under easy sail—royals, mizentopgallant sail, and mainsail dttlwted ; and tight ahead was seen a bright glare. The Latona was close- hatiledi seas to make a little to wind ward of it, and under the impressian thct she was one of the cotton ships from China, which had accidentally caught fire, we burnt blue lights to let her know assistance wa fts at hand. As we got near her we could see her plainer --a e double topsail yard bark, royals hauled up, but not stowed, and the mainyard backed; infect, properly hove to, as any o ther ship would be for a boat to board her. She was on se fire fore and aft, m asts all standing, an he not a sonl aboard her, and no boats in sight. It was one of the finest sights have see n at sea. It was, as I have said, rather a dirty n ight, and though, we were close to thri unfortunate bark, it was as light as day, all outside the halo of her light was doubly dim and black. Out of this darkness came long low craft, which we soon. found out to be a steamer, bue we could not distinguish her colours. She passed close between us and the bark. We guessed what she was at once, more especially as we heard in Singapore that she had been at the Cape, and was probably going towards the China Seas. The comments of our crew were rather curious, greatly in favour of the Southerners; but it was a source of lamentation the burning of the bark's fine white cotton can vas, enough to make jumpers and trousers for all hands for some years We expected a visit from the Alabama, but she did not come near us, as we kept away on our course. On our arrival here the lieuCenant of the United States steamer Mohican came on board and got an extract from the log, and two days after that lett, bound eastward, on a cruise. It will take a much smarter craft than she is to catch the Alabama." THE HISTORY OF THE COTTON FAMINE. -31r. It. A. Arnold has undertaken to write the history of the cotton famine. Mr. Arnold is known as the author of " Ralph ; or, St. Sepulchre's and St. Stephen's," and is a contributor to our periodical literature; besides which, he was officially connected with " Wtte Pql*Wotir,s Act,” public service. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 25.—The market has been rather firmer, but without any material improvement in prices, Threes, for the Account, being now at 66fr. 40c. Mobilier have improved to 1,027 fr. 50c. Railway Shares firm, at about Saturday's quota- Lions. The market closed as follows:- 41 per Cents .. 95 10 Do. end month.... 63 66 Do. end month.... Sew ditto ...... 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 35 Russian Credit Mobilier.... 1020 Austrian Do. end m0nth....1020 Spanieh Threes 5l 50 Bank Shares 3275 dome Debt .. 49 25 Credit 1 oneier 1220 Deferred - talian Loan 6B 75 Roman RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. 995 93 75 952 50 .. 952 50 Orleans Northern New ditto — Lyons and Mediterranean 932 50 .. 932 50 New ditto SJuthern .. 652 50 .. 660 Western Eastern Sardinian _ _ Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 563 75 570 Ditto to Barcelona 288 75 .. 295 FIINERAL OF THE DUKE OF ATHOLE, On Saturday the mortal remains of the late Duke of Athole were interred in a vault under the ruined church of Blair, within the policies of Blair Castle. The family place of sepulture has for many genera. tions been the cathedral church of Dunkeld, but the duke had expressed a desire to be laid in this se cluded burial-place, in the midst of his favourite Highland scenery. The old church of Blair is Rot above half a mile from the castle, and is now en closed within the policies. It has been disused for above 40 years, and is now roofless and in ruins. The churchyard is believed to have been the burial place of the Stuart Earls of Athole, descendants of the Scotch Kings ; and Viscount Dundee, who was mortally wounded in making a last stand for King James 11. in 1689, at the pass of Killiecrankie, was buried there. The funeral procession on Saturday presented a scene of singular interest and impres siveness. There was little in the outward display that recalled the traditional funeral customs of the Highlands, but the unanimity with which the people of Athole gathered to pay their last respects to the duke showed much of the old feeling of devoted ness to their chief. As hereditary colonel of the Athole Highlanders, an exceptionally constituted volunteer body, his men rallied like a clan around him, and were his body guard on many occasions of display. For 20 years his grace had filled the office of tana Master Mason of Scotland by constant re election, although annual charges had formerly been the custom. In this capacity he had founded Many important ettlaetures throughout ScotlanO, and stood deservedly popular with the 'Whole Masonic body. At the funeral there was a fall Muster Of the Athole highlanders, afid, iidlvt,ithstanding the remoteness of the place, a large Masonic display. The funeral party, dotisiating of the Athole High lal eta, the relatives and friends df the deceased, the Masdnie lodges, the tehantry, aegena hied et Blair Castle at half'-past 12 o'clock. Tne Rev. Court Granville, vicar of Alnwick, brother in-law of the deceased, read part of the burial service of the Ohureh of England iteido the house to the assembled relatives and friends, while it front of the castle the Rev, Dr, Irvine, minister of the palish, eOrd4iete4 frafref in the Scotch form, and the Rev. Mr. Campbell, of Moulin, led the devotions of the tenantry; assembled in the north atehtte. Abotit half-past 1 the ftinetal pro cession began to move, the pipers playing the mourn ful Scotch air, " The Land o' the Leal," and a small battery of artillery delivering a salvo of 49 shots to signify the age Of the deceased. The Marquis of Tullibardine (now the Duke of Athole) was chief mourner, and the other pall bearers were Lord James Murray (brother of the deceased), Viscount Strathallan, Mr. Drunamorid of Megginch, and Sir Malcolm Macgregor. Among the company were the Earl of IVlansfield, Viscount Stormont, Sir T. Moncreiffe, and many other relatives of the family. The Masonic deputations were headed by Lord Kinnaird, K.T., Past Grand Master, and Mr. J. Whyte Melville, Deputy Grand Master. While the procession was on its way the Duchess of Athole, accompanied by Miss Mecgregoe and the Rev. Mr. Granville, drove by another route to the place of burial, where they arrived a few minutes before the cortege, and took up their places near the v On reaching the churchyard the officers and a firing party of the Highlanders, and the relatives and friends, were admitted into the area of the church, where the remainder of the funeral service was read by Mr. Granville, in the midst of a most touching scene. After the service the area was cleared, and the firing party discharged three volleys over the g rave. The vault was kept ope n for some time to allow the people to see the coffin and where it rested, and was built up in the evening. The weather was extremely cold, several showers of snow having fallen, but, being followed by bright sunshine, the romantic scenery of the Highland valley had an aspect of peculiar splendour, Eton and Ru: igby Football Contrasted. The grand characteristic of the Rugby game is the carrying the ball in the hand. The football, taken on the bound at Ragby—as, indeed, was of old the custom in several of the North of England and Scottish counties—may be carried through the enemy's lines until it is taken by force from the successful holder—and force in such a case includes hacking, mauling, holding, and everything but striking. The Eton play forbids carrying off the ball altogether. The ball never rests in the hand at all; but at most passes through it to the ground. As the ball is never carried otherwise than between the feet, no personal violence is required, BB at Rugby, to take it from the holder, Hacking and shinning, though not positively forbidden at Eton, are seldom seen for ti,e simple reason that they are not necessary. Pushing is illegal, nor may the ball be caught, thrown, or even struck with the hand. Between those two rival methods the Harrow game halts, inclining mainly to Eton. At Harrow, under certain limitations, catching is legi timate; but all shinning is strictly without the pale of the law. Upon the minor peculiarities of all the games, such as " rouges," " bullies,"" bases," " nots" —the various modes of preventing " sneaking" or " offside" play, and other features of the kind, it is not essential to dwell. While each school holds its own, none can play a common game; but if it were worth while, there is no doubt a common system might be arranged, which would not seriously in jure sport at any public school—Rugby always excepted; With respect to the carrying system, or the hand and foot game, and the non-carrying system, or the foot game, the question wears another aspect. These, in fact, are two different gart.es, not various modes of playing the same game. Etonians insist, with vehemence and plausibility, first, that the hand and foot game is barbarous (for it involves hacking and holding); and, secondly, that it is not football. The second objection may be dismissed as frivolous• History is against it, for, as above stated, the hand and foot game is not a❑ innovation, but an original system indigenous in some parts of England. Moreover, it is open to the conclusive answer, that if it is:not football, it is something else which its admirers think as good; and so iutetestiag a matter cannot be decided by an appeal to nomenclature. The suggestion of barbarity may have more validity. Yet even this point will carry weight if the game in itself be a great one; and that it is a great game is clear, from the fact that the modern schools, such as Marlborough, Haileybury, Cheltenham, and Clifton, are adopting it in preference to all others. An essential reason why the carrying system must ever be popular is, that it is the only first-rate game which a hundred or a hundred and fifty players can play together. The non-carrying games by their very nature can be practised only by smaller numbers. The Eight Rev. Bishop Gillis, we understand, a present lies seriously ill ; and on Sunday prayers were made in all the Catholic churches of Edinburgh for his recovery to health. LORD RUSSELL'S UNRULY %lEMBEft.—The sad fate of the courageous man who was afflicted with the possession of a pair of cowardly legs has often been the subject of commiseration. It was very hard upon him. No matter how boldly his heart beat, or what gallant resolu tions his brain might frame, his incorrigible legs always would turn round and run away at the first report of fire • arms. Lord Russell (says the Saturday Review), is just at present the unhappy victim of a combination not per haps quite so humiliating, but almost as vexatious. In himself he is the most peaceful and cautious of mankind He never dreams of war, or, if he must wage it occasionally, it is only with some of those barbarous Oriental nations who have evidently been designed by a beneficent Provi dence to serve the special purpose of testing our Arm strong guns. But beyond his dealings with these exceptional samples of humanity, he has always shoe n himself to be possessed of an intensely pacific nature. Indeed, it; has shone forth in every period of his political life, and in his domestic as well as in his foreign policy. He has always been willing to sacrifice anything for peace, especially upon those occasions on which he had reason for thinking that his side was the weakest. Col leagues, principles, pledges, have more than once been left hastily in the lurch by this sincere lover of peace, when he saw that they were menaced, and that he might become in volved in conflict on their behalf. It must be a cruel mor tification to this tranquil and submissive spirit that he is en dowed with one of the most pugnacious pons in Europe. During the few years that he has been in office he has probably insulted more Governments than all his ten immediate predecessors pat together. If this combative bearing had been intentional, and had been borne out by the policy which followed it, the result, though disagreeable to the tax-payer, would not have selected any igno miny upon the nation, or upon the Foreign Secretary himself. But nothing is further from the thought of the meek and gentle spirit that sits behind that pen than ever to come to blows. If his true intentions could be mirrored in his despatches, if the abundant di; cretion which tempers, his courage could only communicate itself to his words, foreign Powers would have no ground for the irritation which an English despatch usually excites in their minds. But he has never yet been able to gain a complete mastery over his pen. At present ho has concluded a sort of com promise with it. The pen is to abstain, as a rule, from wan tonly insulting large Powers, at least when smaller Powers can be found to receive the insults instead; and whenever, from a small Power or a great, the insults shall have provoked a sharp retort, the said pen is to accept the affront in meekness, and not venture upon a dangerous reply. Thanks to this happy arrangement, peace has, up to this time, been maintained. The true character of Lord Russell's bluster has been studied in many striking examples by the Continental nations, and is by this time thoroughly understood. , His despatches are no longer considered, either here or abroad, as provocative of war. They are only looked upon as a challenge to a scolding match, in which the foreign diplomatist, wielding a more delicate weapon, usually wins an easy victory. There is no harm in such an arrangement, provided that it is thoroughly understood. Words, after all, are only con: ventional symbols of thoughts; and if it is once settled that angry menaces are to mean in reality only a determination to give in, pusillanimous intentions can be expressed as effectively in that mode as in any other. The only misfor tune is that foreigners assume that the English people select for their Foreign Minister some one who suitably re presents their sentiments and character. They consequently infer, with unimpeachable logic, that a taste for blustering I and a great dislike of fighting are the most conspicuous .characteristics of the English nation. ANTIQUITY OF THE VIOLIN.—In MSS. of about the eighth, ninth, and tenth centuries there occur pictures of men wielding the bow upon the strings ; and we still ace among the sculptures of our early Gothic cathe drals carvings of celestial orchestras, in which saints and seraphim are playing on various sorts of " fytheles" among other instruments. Thenceforward, until the middle of the sixteenth century, the fiddle appears in all sorts of shapes and varieties—egg-shaped, pear-shaped, and spoon-shaped, large and small, with two, three, and up to as many as seven strings. We are told even of a " Yiole de Bordone with forty-four strings," and a " Sambuca Lyrcea, in- Vented by Colonue, a Neapolitan, in the sixteenth century, which, it is said, had five hundred strings." At about this date, however, the now existing type had become definitely established. Viols were still made of many sizes; but, in shape and structure, they were commonly the same as our present violins. In those musi- Ceridays, before keyed instruments became dominant in the household, it was common in musical families to have a chest of Mater containing two trebles, a tenor, and a bass viol, and occasianally there were duplicates of some of the instruments ; at Hengrave, for instance, there was a chest of rk viola. Sir Thomae More, who was fond of music, kept viols , and an organ in hie house. The bass was called " viol da goatee" or leg-viol, the tenor, " viol da braccio," being played supported by the arms. (Is the German bratsehe a corruption of this name ?) The fact is that with all our advance in practical skill we have been unable to improve on the models known 300 years since, unless it be in some of the minor details. DR. MAINE'S PRIZE SILVER GOBLET BRIMMED WITH GOLD.—By the will of the late Dr. Swiney funds are vested in the Society of Arts for awarding, in concert with the Royal College of Physicians, on every fifth anniversary of Dr. Swiney's death, " to the author of the best published treatise on Jurisprudence, a silver goblet of the value of LlOO, with gold coin in it to the same amount." The award of the judges appointed by the will was made on the 20th instant in favour of Henry Sumner Maine, Esq., D.Cde, late Regius Professor of Civil Law in tho University of Cambridge, and now member of the Legislative Council of Ind a, the author of a work on Jurisprudence entitled " Ancient Law." The g oblet has been executed by the Messrs. Garrard, after a design, especially prepared for the Society of Arts, by Daniel Maclice, Eq., KA. The next award will be made on the 20th day of January, 1869, when a work on Medical Jurisprudence will be selected. A FRENCH MEMORIAL TO SHAKSTERE. — V ictor Hugo has a new work in the press upon Shakapere. It is to appear towards the end of February, just before the three hundredth anniversary of the great poet's birthday, which it is intended to commemorate. The book is to be dedicated to England, as the country in which the great French exile has established his home for so many years. M. Louis Ulbach, in speaking of this work, says :—it is a profound and exhaustive study, made with respect, with reverent fear, but with inth.pendenee, of one of the greatest 9 1 PlE!nt" d i" i t i r re d I HER MAJESTY• WINDSOR CASTLE, Sail. %O. The Archbishop of Dublin an d Lord Wodehouso had audiences of the Qieen. an d Princ ess The Queen, Princess Louise, Beatrice, went to Frogmore House t his morning, and left it at half - pasc one o'clock, p.m., °l4 for tile , Great Western Railway sta tion, where a to .1 train was in rt , adiness to c onve y her Molest).- apsport. Her 1113 . ji?sty was attended by the, Marchioness of Ry, the Hon. Mrs. Brun?, Colonel the lion. C. B. Phipps, Colonel Sig T. M. Biddu:pht and Ho!zmann. • The Marchioness of Ely has succeeded 01 Churchill as Lady in Waiting. • Departure of the Queen for Osborne. WINDsoR, Monday Nigli t • This morning her Majesty t he Queen isia "„ ni t the Prince and Princess of W ales and their i son at Frcgmore; and after lunch the (Well' accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Lo uise and Beatrice, and attended by Colonel Sir T. M. BiddiPb' the Marchioness of Ely, an d the Hon. minut es Bruce, left Frogmore at abou t twenty rai to two o'clock, and drove to the Wih'Atite°°t s v , terminus of the Great Western 1"1W,31, where a special train, to which was attached the two state saloons, was in rea diness in order to convey the Queen to Gosport, en route to Osborile* On alighting the Royal party were received by Colonel Sir C. B. Phipps , the R i g ht Hon, SP en eveera Walpole, M.P. (who accompan ied the train)' Messrs. Grierson (the general manager), Wester: Burlinson, and Matthews , of the Great d Railway, while the Prince of Wales escorte.,l3o Royal mother and sisters to the state saloon. tre ja Royal passengers having take n their seats tlae r 0 immediately started, leaving the st ation at 1.63P1,4i precisely. The Queen looked mo re chee r fal 11 ' smiling - than has been noticed for some time- g a - The spectators on the p l at f orm cheered her 'us jesty loudly as the Royal train left th e ternile amid which the Prince of Wales left fo r Frogrheirca On leaving Windsor the spec ial train proeeeeil rapidly, via Slough and Reading , to Baningst"r; e ater along the narrow-gauge rails of t he Great We3ta Railway, where Lt arrived at about ten nuiri t ,, i ss three o'clock. Here the care of the treitt 00 handed to the charge of Mr. Godson, the t r6 sl superintendent of the South -Western to: along which line the remainder of the jour ee ',oo the Royal Clarence Victualling-yard, GosP °r i z t ' csi performed ; and where her Mejesty, th e ' 1 :Z:ill family, and suite, embarked on board the re -1'"Ifor yecht, and proceeded to Cowes, era , h ea Osborne, which it was expected would be Of t ' about five o'clock in the evening. .11 fit° The Duke and Duchess of Marlboroug' 1 , n e th xpected at their residence in St. James's-square O r ' 1 A 00 14 frou e rsuing week from Blenheim Palace, near W°e-st the season. The Duke of Newcastle is able to attend t° t rr of stao a official duties attached to his office as Secretary the Colonies, but, by the advice of his physicians (wh°)lt:B a consultation on Saturday), absented himself from Cabinet Council. tact The late Duke of Cleveland's f uneral took P to-day at Raby. fc Wil l The Marquis and Marchiones s of Salisb°^lFrid9f arrive efrautm Paris.*laefamily mansion in Arlington-stre et on a to The Marquis of Gallifet h as returti% b irel Claridge's Hotel from Kimbolton Castle, Hunting d°- : 010 The Earl Granville, the L ord President c " t 0 0 Council, will give a full - dress Parliamentary 1011,(14s ton u c Wednesday evening, the 3 d proxim o, at his house in.., ow street, Berkeley-square, to a nu merous party 01 . Pe ers ' to porters of the Governm. 0a e The Countess Vane ent and family h ave left Cl3rl Hotel for Wynyard-park, near Stockton, Durharo• hotter, The Countess (Dowager) of Jersey is b ,,, i 'df ° , The medical report yesterday was more favourable, ''''., poi are informed that all danger is over. The countess lictedt been confined to the house so long as has been repreoe' Oa and her illness arose from a sev ere cold. The Count and Counte sss de la Bedo ere y 11 a arrived at Claridge's Hote l, from a visit to the Pill° Manchester at Kimbolton Castle. ,g P 4 e Viscount Painaerston will give a full-dre— tile' liamentary dinner at Cambridge House, Piccadilit 100 3d February, to the Right Hon. the Speaker of ti le l l - e 0 of Commons and a large circle of members of 13°.-l'i° , conne cted with the Government. or te Lord Stanley, ALP., comes to toWn 541 from Knowsley-park, Lancashire, for the sea son. . a o Mrs. Gladstone and Miss Gladstone arrl ce lo te' Saturday at the Chancellor of the Exchecceell ipr ne l ma nsion on Carlton House - terrace , from Sir $. - I seat in Flintshire. AGREEABLE LIGHT READING...4;e lit2P.-e ill new German pamphlets ----------........ ..,b f of pamphlets on • SchlesWig;"-17aschOl? legion.n, ta D d a d a a R s R e c h nr t ddt.iecse,Awuigthuiententhbeurlgaisstchfe:idisoilse:s ;::::: " Votu,cme,hnecliie:btiledrsetsete:Seacrhuzsloeegss:;lFg-:ll:Fedorlrisiectdehrii voehcohadeerS6Atto:o:::;:ri_e•sork:aeodilt;e;or TT loteiri•- sB6l:‘ttoeeGniinnecu,sh'e:bllyetdheousbamered; ie,,Ssetbamlesinwbiagu-Iltuodleetse/;;;tsisreSA enhe . it g s is w e i h g . - h H is o t l o s r te ic i h n o and a fe se i i az agrautesirftereorttttlopilt6; Tjay. Schleswig -llo o l i s st te e i i n n s , chen Frage ;" Die l' i eg b l jo tori' clle auf welch G en edr d a a n s g Diu ' ii ‘ D rauir a ,t s slcB: e 2a r ,ii h di d n, l B t s n e i pi s n s fleire S h c rt hl e: e ,h s t w : i och. Ereignisse tseDarstellunii2etri; iitasotseeitrr,r tolge der Herzogthiimer beruhtaatsrechDir Karl P I arc lg: b y Leo p old invfdtoenociinne elrs:llT:tefrg6e6::l;l3ll;Se t e l le i: bv, oAun 11:1 rerus ß B tfte e ;r s i,r e i i, e l r e i c r 1 l i :c, W rh, 1 reb a esy n a uw.vi s sg t e. e_ ni j a i ; i by ri. Schleswig-Holstein, Atb s e euil t o ria h fgge, i n e a ;bdweop i i g isodt - ee s i; o : o e fp e ie,:ctes,;;;°i art' De. G. Staatserbfolge,'' by A. L. / * 34ljleebbeeirsj:t; :I ' Lllrl'alleilt°: " Holstein's D e rDanische Erbfolgesbreit ii die Deutscil° polNitiokt," onlytec. the voilateo the authorised, but even '.' 049 editions of Renan's book seem to Cir cui ifi l'ii : undiminished vigour. A Berlin firm 006°1° th ief;, ° f e 4 against the use of certain literal, but g arble d co s o 0 I • German translation which appeared at their 11 weeks ago. iit itt .noVerae ris A JUNIOR ATHENZUM.--There is a' '--Atlise°l London for the establishment of a " Stull°. „ O rie riV 0 Club," to be conducted on very much the $ Ol- ''' . itO as the present far-famed " Athenaeum," k'ild /P . G FRENCH SPEAKING is of the highe st —I r:4 e a la r e r own peculiar way, and it is reproduc A ate d I ) el , in the one language that is understood by All "l i c o - 1 WO I sons. Whatever praise can be lavished on ePe'': toarot'o is simple in language and lofty in tone. wiliell 15oal„fee with consummate saill to the purpose in hand/ Wh o , s ier' o f the adroitness of forensic oratory with the Caerg leader° feeling, may be lavished on the discourses of tli'ioeeivialoot the French Opposition. There wily be V'e' t , de tect s oe the di ff erent performances, and a large share 0`.,0.0 ifi , / shortcomings in the best of them. But in en ;oleo unmistakeable impress of a keen, sharp, 00° cifaels Saturday _Review. ta in ll. ESSAYS AND REVIEWS. --it is st4-e t ot t o likely to,be well informed on the sables en 01,08 lengthened delay on the delivery on the itl jt " coed, „Tv Judicial Committee of Privy Council in the tvie:, to o ' t o Bishop of Salisbury v. Dr. Rowland Williruhel. 0 0 0 „ i , Feudal! v. the Rev. IL B. Wilson, " Arise tiie inev-, ,ist ,' olio" fact that there is a division of opinion 0•11:010 0,0116, 04 bees who heard the case. These were the Lord of *5. 0 . a the. Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbish°l; pio!of Lord Cranworth, Lord Kingsoosco, an d enertio.o of London. Earl Granville was present durin S t ur ot oo ' the proceedings, but took no part in the naanabeel Lor d C' tlla case. The rumour is that tae Lord Chaucellefrrt_versies:,i worth, and Lord Singsdown are in favouroe . r '' .. to, leo judgment of Dr. Lushington in the Court t A , u tc . 0 _0 imposed p ttio s e e r d ev t . h d e et p e e n n d a, a t u t y ts o : whiles t)Zortihfreoro elp2 jorre_it:tillitzP:,rolso,l:l:ir4o, that the judgment was right, and that it 11 s u e ' . ol d : c ot Curbed. In the event of this being the a_.,t; jab Granville declining to vote, Dr. LushingteP .10 11 ' will stand. a W I be etllol ' 'll THE GREAT BASTEUN.--2vloars. , ..001 eit ,t ,„ and Co. announce that the Great I.4i,als;ti, yebt: v, sold by auction, without reserve, on telr olaxles .1)_°,0.1, Yesterday the late steward of the ve! 6 l i f :0, to 131;0 p 1 ,1 name, was sent to prison for six months g magistrates for stealing a quan.tity of t sanerctaakpettio Captain receivedepreothoilis Paton, y n e rh e q : u c si e sai l i li li st . t h c o 1 ati It manyraal c so te t r or afi_tltiolesrposci :lit:tit' 4. trei ‘ 3ol l :: to :: 1; 0 : 1ii 13 : 3 1 4 i is in the possession of the sheriff of 1 , a there are abont 600 Mortgages on her?